for their children.
She also sees a risk (风险). When children have no time to be social or to develop
their own interests, they might not develop other skills that they need to succeed in life. DeBroff advises parents to develop their own style of parenting and not just repeat the way they were raised. 12. What do we learn about Amy Chua? A. She has three excellent daughters. B. She moved to the US at a young age. C. Her parents live together with her. D. Her husband dislikes her parenting style.
13. The underlined word “retreat” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _____. A. give up C. go out
B. go on
D. give out
14. According to Ms. DeBroff, _____.
A. Amy Chua’s parenting style should be forbidden B. Americans should learn from Amy Chua
C. parents should have their own parenting style D. Amy Chua’s style is bad for children’s growth 15. In which part of a newspaper can you read the passage? A. Business. C. Sports.
B. Lifestyles.
D. Culture.
二、七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
Once upon a time, there was an island where all the feelings lived. Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. 16 On hearing this, they all made boats and left, except for Love.
Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to hold out until the last possible moment.
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Richness was passing by Love in a grand boat. Love said, “Richness, can you take me with you?”
Richness answered ,”No, I can’t. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you.”
Sadness was close by so Love turned to him and asked, “ 18 ” “Oh, Love. I am so sad and I need to be alone.”
Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even hear when Love called her.
Suddenly, there was a voice ,“Come, Love .I will take you.” It was an elder. So blessed and overjoyed, Love even forgot to ask the elder where they were going. When they arrived at dry land, the elder went her own way. Realizing how much was owed the elder, Love asked Knowledge, another elder, “ 19 ”
“It was Time.” Knowledge answered.
“Time?” asked Love. “ But why did Time help me?” Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, “ 20 ”
A. One day it was announced to the feelings that the island would sink(下沉) B. When the island had almost sunk, Love decided to ask for help C. They help each other usually D. Sadness, let me go with you E. Who helped me ?
F. Because only Time is capable of understanding how valuable Love is G. Time is so kind to give a hand to anybody
三、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been__21__. Like most English children I learned French __22_ school and I had often been to France, so I_23_ speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand_24. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to_25__ a nice easy holiday without any __26__ problems.
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_27 wrong I was! The misunderstanding began at the airport. I was looking for a__28 telephone to give my American friend Danny a _29_ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked__30__ he could help me. “ Yes,” I said, “ I want to give my friend a ring.” “ Well, that’s__31__,” he exclaimed. “ Are you getting32_? But aren’t you a bit _33__?” “ Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “ I __34_want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me _35__there’s a phone box, please?” “ Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”
When at last we _36__meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had so many_37__at first. There are lots of words which the Americans __38__differently in meaning from us British. You’ll soon get used to _39__funny things they say. Most of the__40__British and American people understand each other!”
21. A .out B. away C. outside D. abroad 22. A . from B. during C. at D. after 23. A. get used to B. was used to C. used to D. used 24. A. English B. French C. Russian D. Latin 25. A. buying B. having C. giving D. receiving 26. A. time B. human C. language D. money 27. A. Too B. What a C. What D. How 28. A. cheap B. popular C. public D. good 29. A. letter B. ring C. news D. information 30. A. that B. if C. where D. when 31. A. well B. over C. nice D. ring 32. A. to marry B. to be married C. marrying D. married 33. A. small B. little C. old D. young 34. A. very B. just C. just now D. so 35. A. where B. which C. over where D. that 36. A. did B. do C. can D. had 37. A. trouble B. difficulties C. things D. fun
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38. A. write B. speak C. use D. read 39. A. every B. each C. any D. all the 40. A. chance B. situation C. condition D. time
第II卷（非选择题）
四、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式（每空最多可填三个词）。 At present I 41._____________(learn) German and have already learnt Italian, so I know how discouraging learning a language can be. However, I have found a few things that have really helped me improve4 2.____________(gradual).
Reading is one of the 43.____________(skill) in learning a language. The 44._____________(true) is that any sort of reading is going to help you, as long as it’ s in the language. Don’ t choose difficult things 45.____________(read), because you are more likely to get bored and give 46._____________. Instead, why not choose something fun that you want to read?
Another thing that actually helps me learn a language is watching television programs or film in the language 47.____________(speak) by native speakers. It doesn’ t have to be anything really difficult. In fact, I suggest 48.____________(start) with a children’ s show or something that you have already seen 49.____________ your native language. You will already know 50._____________ is happening and can focus on writing down the useful words or trying to repeat what they say with an actual accent.
41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.
五、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（\\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分.
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There was a time when Zhang Yi and I was good friends, but now we are like stranger. On his first day in our class two years ago, he had no one to talk. I was the first one to say hello to her, so we became friends. Zhang Yi did well in math or he was always ready to helping me with it. One day last month, I told him about that I would be away from school for two days to see a friend. But he told my father about it and that made me angrily. Now, I know I was wrong. I decide to say sorry for him, because I don’t want to lose so a good friend.
六、书面表达（满分25分）
林涛感到英语非常难，于是在某网站发了如何学好英语的帖子。假如你是编辑史密斯，请给林涛一个满意的答复。答复内容必须包含以下要点：
1．第一，英语是世界上重要的语言之一，你有必要学好它。第二，你应该多花一点时间学习英语，经常用英语同他人交流是一个好办法；第三，你不但可以观看英文电影和阅读英语书籍，而且还可以唱英语歌曲。最后，请英语老师帮忙。
2.如果你对英语感兴趣，你会发现它对你非常有益。 注意：书写要规范、工整；不少于100词。 Dear Lin Tao,
I heard you have some difficulty in learning English . Here are some of my tips.
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人教版2024学年高一英语上学期期中试题 人教新版
